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Hermínia Silva

Herminia Silva Leite Guerreiro GCIH (23 October 1907 - 13 June 1993) was a Portuguese fado singer.

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Hermínia Silva

Advertisement about the inauguration of the O Pampilho do Cruzeiro restaurant, in the town of Estoril, near Lisbon, in Portugal. The text makes references to great figures of 20th century Portuguese music, such as Anatólio Falé, Hermínia Silva and Júlia Barroso. This image was taken from the Diário Popular newspaper of 30th December 1950, scanned by the Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa.

https: hemerotecadigital.cm-lisboa.pt/Periodicos/DiarioPopular/1950/Dezembro/N2962/N2962_master/DiarioPopularN2962.pdf · Public domain

Name
Hermínia Silva
Born
23 October 1907
Died
13 June 1993
Nationality
Portugal
Occupation
actress · musician · fado singer
Fields
fado
Honours
Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry · Commander of the Order of Prince Henry
Languages
Portuguese

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